New pan-European collaboration launched into the diagnosis and control of coeliac disease
12 million, equivalent to nearly 9.5 million has been invested by the European Commission into a new pan-European partnership which will design an advanced diagnostic tool for the detection and control of coeliac disease, the most under-diagnosed common chronic condition in the UK today. The...Genetic Risk Factor for Coeliac Disease Identified.
An international research consortium investigating the genetic causes of intestinal inflammatory conditions has identified a new genetic risk factor for coeliac disease. The study revealed that those suffering from coeliac disease lack a protective DNA sequence in a specific gene region, othe...Are vitamin supplements effective in celiac disease patients?
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...ues set out to study genetic mutations involved in coeliac disease. coeliac disease is characterised by inflammation of the in...eland and the UK, analysed genetic variants in 778 coeliac cases, and in1422 controls from the UK. In phase ...Scientists uncover further steps leading to celiac disease
...last year identified a new genetic risk factor for coeliac disease, have, following continued research, disco...tistry, have further demonstrated that of the nine coeliac gene regions now know, four of these are also pred...eir research sheds light not only on the nature of coeliac disease, but on the common origins of both disease...Inflammatory Myopathy may Indicate Intolerance to Gluten
...ses that lead to inflammations in muscular tissue. coeliac disease is occasionally reported in patients with ...une diseases to exist in the same patient. Indeed, coeliac disease -- caused by a reaction to gluten found in...spital have investigated these links by looking at coeliac patients whose cases suggest a similar immunopatho...Gluten Intolerance Quadruples Susceptibility to Tuberculosis
... print in Thorax. // Gluten intolerance, or coeliac disease, is a chronic inflammatory condition of th...ecords from 1964 to 2003, looking for diagnoses of coeliac disease and TB. During this period, more than 15,500 people were diagnosed with coeliac disease, almost a third of whom had been diagnosed...Promotion of Pneumococcal Vaccine Slow in Europe
...ut with child experts in various medical specialties identified that UK children with nine key illnesses received the vaccine. Children suffering from coeliac disease were the largest group (34 per cent), followed by sickle cell disease (15 per cent) and chronic cardiac disease (12 per cent). . Other ill...Breast-fed Children Weather Digestive Disease
...that a child is simply exposed to less gluten during weaning if he or she is being breastfed. Alternatively, breastfeeding might protect against coeliac disease by preventing gastrointestinal infections in an infant, which can weaken the lining of the bowel and allow gluten to pass deeper into the gut ...AUTOSTAT™II Anti-Gliadin IgG ELISA
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Description:... of the anti-Gliadin IgA assay can be used as an aid in the diagnosis of diseases associated with elevated levels of anti-Gliadin antibodies including coeliac Disease. Levels of these autoantibodies are one indicator in a multi-factorial diagnostic regime. This kit has been validated for use with the HYCOR H...The Binding Site Announces Trading Update for Year Ended September 30th 2008
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